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It’s a quick way to keep up to date on the “blogosphere” around a particular subject — in this case, Medicine 2.0, the intersection of health care and the social Web. We had a deluge of submissions and I’ve tried to pick the best ones. …

Health care is an important issue for New Hampshire voters because per capita personal health care spending in the state increased an astounding 38% from 1999 through 2004. Mayor Giuliani’s roundtable also comes as the campaign releases …

And by the end of the decade 200000 “health tourists” will fly as far as Malaysa and South Africa for major surgery to avoid long waiting lists and the rising threat of superbugs, according to a new report. …

Tasigna, known generically as nilotinib, won approval to treat chronic and accelerated phase Philadelphia chromosome-positive, chronic myeloid leukemia. via SF Gate

28 — In a reversal from past election cycles, Democratic candidates for president are outpacing Republicans in donations from the health care industry, even as the leading Democrats in the field offer proposals that have caused deep …

Microsoft’s Health Solutions Group continues to be active on the acquisition front. The company announced this morning that it plans to acquire intellectual property and other assets from Global Care Solutions, a company in Thailand …

“He rises early, he exercises, and he eats healthy”

Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery in November. via WSBTV

South African Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang addressed the first meeting of Health Ministers from the 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific region countries (ACP) which was held in Belgium on Friday. …

The ad highlights Rudy Giuliani’s commitment to give Americans more control over and access to health care with affordable and portable free-market solutions including tax exemptions for those who chose to purchase their own health …

The US defense and veterans affairs agencies have started sharing some medical data with each other. But they still can’t fully exchange the electronic health records of patients, despite nine years of IT work.

At the beginning of every school year, concerned parents rush to get their kids the meningitis vaccine, with demand sometimes outpacing supply. It doesn’t have to be that way, experts say, since this potentially lifesaving shot is …